Catherine Kenny had big plans for her son, Shane. They live on a farm, and Shane was set to be the sole inheritor of the farm. He would oversee every task on the family’s 168 acres, which is valued at €2.3 million. When he became too old, he would sell the farm or pass it along to his children. Unfortunately, doctors made a mistake during Shane’s birth that led to his cerebral palsy. Due to his disability, he cannot work on the farm. Catherine filed a birth trauma lawsuit on behalf of her son to reclaim all the potential wages that he could have earned running the farm. The judge found that Shane’s birth injury disqualified him from earning a living from the family’s farm. The Kennys received €665,000 to compensate for potential lost wages. This is on top of an earlier €1 million award to compensate for his injuries…
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Irish Family Compensated for Lost Earnings Due to Son’s Cerebral Palsy
December 26, 2012Happy Holidays from our Birth Trauma Lawyers!
December 24, 2012Our cerebral palsy attorneys wanted to you wish you and yours a happy holiday season! We hope it is filled with good times and good friends. Stay safe and enjoy. Cheers!
Study: One in Two Children With Cerebral Palsy Has Speech Disorder
December 21, 2012After studying 129 children with cerebral palsy, Swedish researchers found that half of them suffered from some form of speech difficulty; 21 percent had a speech disorder, and 32 percent were nonverbal. Cerebral palsy often results from errors during labor. The researchers think that the error’s timing plays a role in the speech disorder’s severity. They looked at the correlation between brain injuries sustained during birth or pregnancy and the resulting speech problems. “Lesions acquired late in gestation, around or after birth, were most common in the nonverbal group, while periventricular white matter lesions, acquired late in the second and early in the third trimester, were most common in children without speech disorders,” the research team wrote in its report. Speech problems are just one obstacle facing children with cerebral palsy. Others include limited mobility, paralysis, paraplegia, cognitive disorders and learning impairments. In many cases, proper medical care can foresee…
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